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Hut site

Castlegowan, County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Hut site, Castlegowan, County Sligo, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Castlegowan
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.40895, -8.44714
SMR number
SL005-150----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1869 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In low-lying ground near cut-away bog. Not marked on any edition of the OS 6-inch map. This marks the approximate location of an feature recorded by a fieldworker in 1991 as an oval-shaped hut (int. diam. 2.09m x 2m) defined by a low stone footing, with an entrance at N (SMR file). No trace was found during an inspection in 2005.

Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan

Date of upload: 21 April 2011

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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